Bhūmi-khaṇḍa · Chapter 100
Sourceविष्णुरुवाच- नर्मदायास्तटे रम्ये वटे तिष्ठति वै पिता । विज्वलोऽपि समायातः पितरं प्रणिपत्य सः १। वासुदेवाभिधानस्य स्तोत्रस्यापि महामतिः । समाचष्टे स धर्मात्मा महिमानं पितुः पुरः २। यथा विष्णुः समागत्य ददौ तस्मै वरं शुभम् । तत्सर्वं कथयामास सुप्रसन्नेन चेतसा ३। कुंजलोपि च वृत्तांतं समाकर्ण्य स भूपतेः । हर्षेण महताविष्टः पुत्रमालिंग्य विज्वलम् ४। आह पुण्यं कृतं वत्स त्वया राज्ञे महात्मने । उपकारं महापुण्यं वासुदेवस्य कीर्तनात् ५। एवमाभाष्य तं पुत्रमाशीर्भिरभिनंद्य च । पुत्रं देवसमोपेतं स्तुत्वा चैव पुनः पुनः ६। स्थितः सरित्तटे रम्ये च्यवनस्योपपश्यतः । एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं तेषां वृत्तं महात्मनाम् ७। वैष्णवानां महाराज अन्यत्किं ते वदाम्यहम् । वेन उवाच- अमृतं शंखपात्रेण पानार्थं मम चार्पितम् ८। तस्मात्कस्य न च श्रद्धा पातुं मर्त्यस्य भूतले । उत्तमं वैष्णवं ज्ञानं पानानामिह सर्वदा ९। त्वयैवं कथ्यमानस्य पाने तृप्तिर्न जायते । श्रोतुं हि देवदेवेश मम श्रद्धा विवर्द्धते १०। कथयस्व प्रसादान्मे कुंजलस्यापि चेष्टितम् । महात्मना किमुक्तं च चतुर्थं तनयं प्रति ११। तत्त्वं सुविस्तरादेव कृपया कथयस्व मे । श्रीभगवानुवाच- श्रूयतामभिधास्यामि चरित्रं कुंजलस्य च १२। बहुश्रेयः समायुक्तं चरित्रं च्यवनस्य च । इदं पुण्यं नरश्रेष्ठ आख्यानं पापनाशनम् १३। यः शृणोति नरो भक्त्या गोसहस्रफलं लभेत् १४। इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे भूमिखंडे वेनोपाख्याने गुरुतीर्थमाहात्म्ये च्यवनचरित्रे शततमोऽध्यायः १००।
viṣṇuruvāca- narmadāyāstaṭe ramye vaṭe tiṣṭhati vai pitā | vijvalo'pi samāyātaḥ pitaraṃ praṇipatya saḥ 1| vāsudevābhidhānasya stotrasyāpi mahāmatiḥ | samācaṣṭe sa dharmātmā mahimānaṃ pituḥ puraḥ 2| yathā viṣṇuḥ samāgatya dadau tasmai varaṃ śubham | tatsarvaṃ kathayāmāsa suprasannena cetasā 3| kuṃjalopi ca vṛttāṃtaṃ samākarṇya sa bhūpateḥ | harṣeṇa mahatāviṣṭaḥ putramāliṃgya vijvalam 4| āha puṇyaṃ kṛtaṃ vatsa tvayā rājñe mahātmane | upakāraṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ vāsudevasya kīrtanāt 5| evamābhāṣya taṃ putramāśīrbhirabhinaṃdya ca | putraṃ devasamopetaṃ stutvā caiva punaḥ punaḥ 6| sthitaḥ sarittaṭe ramye cyavanasyopapaśyataḥ | etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ teṣāṃ vṛttaṃ mahātmanām 7| vaiṣṇavānāṃ mahārāja anyatkiṃ te vadāmyaham | vena uvāca- amṛtaṃ śaṃkhapātreṇa pānārthaṃ mama cārpitam 8| tasmātkasya na ca śraddhā pātuṃ martyasya bhūtale | uttamaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ jñānaṃ pānānāmiha sarvadā 9| tvayaivaṃ kathyamānasya pāne tṛptirna jāyate | śrotuṃ hi devadeveśa mama śraddhā vivarddhate 10| kathayasva prasādānme kuṃjalasyāpi ceṣṭitam | mahātmanā kimuktaṃ ca caturthaṃ tanayaṃ prati 11| tattvaṃ suvistarādeva kṛpayā kathayasva me | śrībhagavānuvāca- śrūyatāmabhidhāsyāmi caritraṃ kuṃjalasya ca 12| bahuśreyaḥ samāyuktaṃ caritraṃ cyavanasya ca | idaṃ puṇyaṃ naraśreṣṭha ākhyānaṃ pāpanāśanam 13| yaḥ śṛṇoti naro bhaktyā gosahasraphalaṃ labhet 14| iti śrīpadmapurāṇe bhūmikhaṃḍe venopākhyāne gurutīrthamāhātmye cyavanacaritre śatatamo'dhyāyaḥ 100|
English translation
Viṣṇu said :
1-8a. ( Vijvala ’s) father ( Kuñjala ) lived on a bunyan tree on the beautiful bank of Narmadā . Vijvala too came there, and the very intelligent, religious-minded one narrated to his father the greatness of the hymn called Vāsudeva (-hymn). With a very much pleased mind he told him as to how Viṣṇu came there and gave him (i.e., Subāhu ) an auspicious boon. Kuñjala also, having heard the account of that king, was full of great joy, and having embraced his son said: “O child, by narrating the very auspicious (hymn) of Vāsudeva (to the king) you have done a meritorious deed and an obligation to the noble king.” Having thus spoken to his godlike son, having congratulated him with blessings, and having repeatedly praised him, he remained on the beautiful bank of the river, while Cyavana was beholding. O great king, I have told you all this account of those devotees of Viṣṇu. What else should I tell you?
Vena said :
8b-12a. You have given me, through the vessel of a conch, nectar to drink. Therefore, which mortal on the earth will not have a strong desire to drink it? The knowledge about Viṣṇu is always the best drink here (i.e. on the earth). I am not satisfied when it is thus being narrated by you. O lord of gods, my strong desire to hear it increases. Through grace (i.e. be graceful and) tell me about the activities of Kuñjala. What did the noble one say to his fourth son? Please tell that to me in great detail.
The lord said :
12b-14. Listen, I shall tell you Kuñjala’s account, so also Cyavana’s account full of great religious merit. O best of men, this meritorious account destroys sins. The man who devoutly listens to it, would get the fruit of (having performed) a thousand sacrifices.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 43139, revision 335602 (2022-04-11T11:32:54Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365193.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.